Due to this being the last Thursday before Pesach there was no live Rabbi Frand shiur on the Parsha. However R' Frand did post a pre-recorded Parsha vort on OU Torah which I have summarized here. This week's vort can be found at https://outorah.org/p/250048, but I have attempted to reproduce the vort to the best of my ability in this post. Any perceived inconsistency is the result of my efforts to transcribe the shiur and should not be attributed to the maggid shiur.
R' Frand observed that in Parshas Tzav there is one sacrifice that is not mentioned in Parshas Vayikra - the Karban Todah. Rashi explains that this sacrifice is brought when a miracle occurs and a person wants to thank Hashem for the miracle. There are four examples mentioned in the Gemara as brought by Rashi - a person who recovers from an illness; a person who is released from prison; a person who had survived a sea voyage, or a person who survives a trip across the desert.
R' Frand remarked that although these people were in an element of danger, they did not experience a miracle like the ten plagues or the splitting of the Yam Suf. But as the Ramban states - there are miracles that happen every day, when a person is in danger and Hashem saves them, even without them realizing. In fact the Ramban states explicitly that a person who does not believe in hidden miracles has no portion in the Torah of Moshe Rabbeinu. Many times things happen or don't happen, which don't defy nature, but they are still miracles. Anything can happen on a sea voyage and the fact that the person survived, is a hidden miracle.
But why is this in Parshas Tzav which is meant as instruction for Kohanim and not in Parshas Vayikra where it would be applicable to every Jew? R' Frand quoted R' Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld who explains that the Kohanim need to hear about recognizing the hidden miracles, because they work in the Beis HaMikdash where they are surrounded by miracles - the fire came down from Shamyaim, there were never any flies, the Lechem HaPanim was always hot and fresh. The Kohanim might not be cognizant or appreciative of a hidden miracle such as being healed from an illness, therefore they specifically need to be advised of the concept of hidden miracles.
R' Frand remarked that the reason that the Ramban is mentioned in Parshas Bo and not here, is because this is what Yitziyas Mitzrayim was about - Hashem does not make open miracles daily, but He does perform hidden miracles all the time. If we can see the open miracles and recognize Hashem's dominion, we should similarly be able to realize that He performs hidden miracles on a daily basis. And if we don't have those daily miracles, we would not exist.
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